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• Title:Mosques : splendors of Islam / foreword by Prince Amyn Aga Khan ; preface by Leyla Uluhanli ; general editor, Jai Imbrey.
  
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• Variant Title:Splendors of Islam
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Aga Khan, Amyn, Prince, 1937- writer of forward.
  Uluhanli, Leyla, writer of preface.
  Imbrey, Jai, editor.
  
• Published/Created:New York : Rizzoli, 2017.
  

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  • Location:MAA LIBRARY (IKB) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: NA4670 .M68 2017
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Mosques.
  Islamic architecture.
  
• Genre/Form:Illustrated works.
  
• Description:304 pages : color illustrations, plans ; 32 cm
  
• Summary:Mosques are among the greatest architectural feats and have a profound beauty: their spiritual purpose adds to their mystery and lustre. This visually stunning volume illustrates the development of the basic mosque structural and decorative elements through sixty examples. Essays by prominent architecture and design authorities cover topics such as the iconographic and decorative elements of the mosque, including the calligraphy and tilework that adorn these important sanctuaries, as well as regional architecture styles. .
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (page 298) and index.
  
• ISBN:9780847860357
  0847860353
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: pt. One Realm of the Mosque
  Aproaching the Mosque: Beginnings and Evolution / Renata Holod
  Elements of the Mosque: Form and Adornment / Matthew Saba
  pt. Two Regional Expressions
  1. Mosque Beginnings, The Arab World / Mohammed Hamdouni Alami
  2. Rise of Mosques in North Africa and Spain / Heather Ecker
  Regional Mosque Architecture of the Trans-Saharan Trade. The Great Mosque of Djenne / Heather Ecker
  3. Flowering of Mosque Architecture in Anatolia and in the Ottoman Empire / Walter B. Denny
  4. Splendid Mosques of Iran and Central Asia / Sussan Babaie
  5. Majestic Mosques of India and Pakistan / George Michell
  6. Birth and Rebirth: Mosques of Russia and the Caucasus / Angela Wheeler
  7. Contemporary Expressions, Modern Metamorphoses / Philip Jodidio.